6．People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944.when she acted in the movie National Velvet-the ——青夏教育精英家教网——

People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944，when she acted in the movie National Velvet-the story of Velvet Brown，a young girl who won first place in a famous horse race．At first，the producers of the movie told Elizabeth Taylor that she was too short to play the part of Velvet．However，they waited for four months until three inches （英寸） added to her height．Elizabeth Taylor's acting in National Velvet is still considered to be the best and National Velvet became Elizabeth Taylor's first success．
Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932．Her parents，both Americans，had moved to London for business．When World War II started，the Taylors moved to California，where Elizabeth Taylor started acting in movies．After her success as a child star，Elizabeth Taylor had no trouble moving into adult roles and won the Academy Award twice for Best Actress for her performance in Butterfield 8 （1960）and Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf？（1966）．
Elizabeth Taylor is a legend （传奇人物） of our time．Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet，Elizabeth Taylor was very lucky，and she was hard-working，beautiful，famous and rich．When Elizabeth Taylor got older，she seldom acted in movies．Instead，she spent most of time on her business，and she often helped others．Several years ago，she raised more than $40million for research and education．In March，2011，Elizabeth Taylor died at the age of 79．

31．The producers didn't let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first becauseA．
A．she was not tall enough
B．she didn't show interest
C．she was not beautiful enough
D．she did not play well enough
32．Where did Elizabeth Taylor start acting in movies？C
A．In New York．
B．In Los Angeles．
C．In California．
D．In London
33．When did Elizabeth Taylor win her first Academy Award for Best Actress？B
A．At the age of 12．
B．At the age of 28．
C．At the age of 31．
D．At the age of 34．
34．What do you know about Velvet Brown in National Velvet？D
A．She was not rich．
B．She was a famous actress．
C．She was not well-known．
D．She won first place in a famous horse race．
35．The writer wrote this article toD．
A．encourage us to help others
B．advise us to watch National Velvet
C．tell us how to be successful and famous
D．give us some information about a successful star．

He has done what Mohammed Ali did for boxing （拳击），Michael Jordan for basketball，Roger Federer for tennis and Tiger Woods for golf．
Twenty-three-year-old Michael Phelps has become a phenomenon （神话） in swimming．
At the 2008Summer Olympic Games，he won eight gold medals．That was more than the whole Australian team could put together．He beat Mark Spitz's 1972record of seven wins in the pool at the one Games．Phelps has put his name next to seven world records．
Nine days，17games，morning and night he competed and won．He had to beat former （从前的） world record-holders and gold medalists．He had to turn their wins into old news．
He won in every kind of way．He won the 400medley （混合泳） by a body length．He won the 100-meter butterfly （蝶泳） by the smallest of margins （距离）-one-hundredth of a second．He won when his goggles （泳镜） leaked （漏水）．He won when teammate Lezak advanced （超前） in the final leg of the 4x100m relay．
"I'm just lucky to have the drive （动力） that I have，the talent that I have and the excitement for the sport，"Phelps said after winning his last medal．
After the Olympics，swimming will not be in the news so much．But Phelps has decided to keep working to popularize it．
"I don't want this sport to be an every-four-year sport，"Phelps said．"Over the past four years，it's skyrocketed．I'm honored to help this sport for the next generation of swimmers who will have it better than I have．"

42．Where did Michael Phelps win his eight gold medals in 2008？D
A．Australia
B．Washington D．C
C．London
D．Beijing
43．What record did Mark Spitz's make in 1972at the one Games？C
A．He won 8medals．
B．He got a gold medal．
C．He won 7gold medals
D．He beat Michael Phelps
44．What does the underlined phrase"one-hundredth of a second"mean？B
A.0.1厘米
B.0.01秒
C.0.01厘米
D.0.1秒
45．Which statement（陈述） is right？B
A．Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly by very large margins
B．the whole Australian team got less than eight gold medals
C．Phelps didn't have to beat former world record-holders and gold medalists
D．Twenty-one-year-old Michael Phelps has become a phenomenon in swimming．

4．Dou Kou，a Chinese boy，is called"the youngest writer in the world"．He has written three books till now．Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994．When he was 7months old，his parents started working in over 30different cities，such as Xi'an and Shenzhen．This kind of life gave him things to think and write about．When he was 9months old，he could speak and at the age of one，he could say five to six hundred words．At three，he could look up words in the dictionary．At four，his father taught him how to learn by himself．His parents like reading very much．So does he．At the age of 5，he began writing fairy tales．At the age of 6，he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents．His fairy tales are all from his life．One day，he found many mice in the house．The mice ate their food and they also hurt his mother's hand．So he thought，"If we give mice the stomach of cows，they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people．"This was his first fairy tales Change Stomach for Mice．Now he studies well in a middle school．He has written his third book，the novel called Eyes of Children．He says，"I am not different from other children．I just wrote several books．"

51．How many books has Dou Kou written？A
A．Three．
B．Four．
C．Five．
D．Six．
52．Dou Kou began to use a dictionaryC．
A．when he wrote fairy tales
B．after he went to school
C．before his father taught him how to learn something
D．after his mother taught him how to learn something
53．Which is the best title？D
A．Three Books by a Child
B．How to Write a Fairy Tales
C．How Clever the Boy is
D．Dou Kou，the Youngest Writer．

3．Balzac（巴尔扎克） was a great French writer．But he was very poor before he became famous．He lived in a dirty，wet room and was often worried about food．All his friends were very poor and they could not help him．
One night it was very cold．The wind blew and it was snowing heavily．Balzac went to bed early but couldn't fall asleep．He didn't get any food before he went to bed．He thought and thought，but he couldn't have a good idea．At midnight he saw a man climb in through the broken window．The man began to steal something on his bookshelf．Balzac got up quietly and said，"Don't waste time，my friend!I couldn't find any money in the daytime．How can you find some in the dark？"

71．Balzac was aB．
A．worker
B．writer
C．doctor
D．cleaner
72．Balzac lived in a dirty，wet room becauseA．
A．he was very poor
B．he wanted to live there
C．it was cold
D．he was a famous man
73．Why didn't he ask his friends for some food？BecauseC．
A．he had no friends
B．his friends didn't want to help him
C．all his friends were very poor
D．his friends didn't like him
74．How was the weather that night？It wasD
A．rainy
B．cloudy
C．sunny
D．snowy
75．Could the thief find any money？B
A．Yes，he could．
B．No，he couldn't．
C．Maybe．
D．I don't know．

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A．This way，please．
B．What can I do for you？
C．Do you live here？
D．5yuan each．
E．What time is the last one？
F．It's my pleasure．
G．It takes forty minutes．

A：Excuse me，sir？
B：Yes？（91）B
A：I want to go to the train station，but I don't know how to get the ticket from the TVM （自动售票机）．
B：（92）A Well，just press here．
A：How much is the ticket？
B：（93）D
A：All right．By the way，how often do the trains come？
B：About every six minutes．
A：（94）E
B：At 11：00pm．
A：OK．Got it．Thanks for your help．
B：（95）F．

1．--Susan，do you know ？
--Yes，he flew there．（　　）

	A．	how Jimmy went to Hong Kong		B．	how did Jimmy go to Hong Kong
	C．	why Jimmy went to Hong Kong		D．	why did Jimmy go to Hong Kong

20． great success，you need to work together and don't let anything get in the way．（　　）

19．--Today is Mom's birthday．Let's make a birthday cake for her．
--Good idea．But ，we need to prepare some materials like eggs and flour （面粉）．（　　）

18．--Where is Andy？
--He be in the library．He said he would borrow some books this morning．（　　）

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